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Iron & Wine – Around The Well
Iron & Wine
Around The Well
[Sub Pop]
7/10


The master of break up music, Sam Beam, is back with his languid and comforting tones to serve up an appetiser that’ll keep you satisfied until his fourth album is complete. ‘Around the Well’ is a collection of rarities that will soak up those tears better than your pillow, and prove once and for all that ‘b-side albums’ needn’t be so dreaded. ‘Dearest Forsaken’ opens the two-disc set with an echoing pluck of folk guitar and Beam’s hushed accents hovering lightly above it. Being one of the more up-tempo tracks it eases you into the poignant renditions of New Order’s ‘Love Vigilantes’ and the Postal Service’s ‘Such Great Heights’. And by the time Beam’s soothing coos of “Please remember me happily” are drumming on your ears during ‘The Trapeze Swinger’, you’ll be well on your way to repair.

KELE – THE BOXER
The Boxer
[Wichita/Polydor]
6/10
TOKYO POLICE CLUB – CHAMP
Champ
[Memphis Industries]
9/10
SHIT BROWNE – EVERY SINGLE PENNY WILL BE REINVESTED IN THE PARTY
Every Singe Penny Will Be Reinvested In The Party
[Asphalt Dutchess]
3/10
JAILL – THAT’S HOW WE BURN
That's How We Burn
[Sub Pop]
7/10
HEALTH – HEALTH DISCO 2
Health Disco 2
[City Slang]
8/10
OMAR SOULEYMAN – JAZEERA NIGHTS
Jazeera Nights
[Sublime Frequencies]
5/10
AWESOME COLOR – MASSA HYPNOS
Massa Hypsos
[Ecstatic Peace!]
5/10
Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster
Blood & Fire
[Black Records]
9/10
HERE WE GO MAGIC – PIGEONS
Pigeons
[Secretly Canadian]
4/10
VARIOUS ARTISTS – THE PSYCHEDELIC SOUNDS OF THE SONIC CATHEDRAL
The Psychedlic Sounds Of The Sonic Cathedral
[Sonic Cathedral]
8/10
APPLICANTS – ESCAPE FROM KRAKEN CASTLE
Escape From Kraken Castle
[Tiger Trap]
7/10
MOTHER MOTHER – O MY HEART
O My Heart
[Last Gang]
7/10
Sleepy Sun – Fever
Fever
[ATP]
8/10
DEAD MEADOW – THE THREE KINGS
The Three Kings
[Xemu]
6/10
ARIEL PINK’S HAUNTED GRAFFITI – BEFORE TODAY
Before Today
[4ad]
8/10
CHROME HOOF – CRUSH DEPTH
Crush Depth
[Southern]
6/10